PRESS RELEASES
| Two Nights of Classical Music at The Soraya!
The Soraya’s 2023/2024 Season continues in November with two extraordinary nights of classical music — Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to The Soraya to conduct the Colburn Orchestra on Sat, Nov 4 at 8pm, followed by the astonishing violinist Midori performing with Festival Strings Lucerne on Thu, Nov 9 at 8pm.
| The Soraya Welcomes the Return of Seven-Time GRAMMY Award-winning Mexican American singer/songwriter Lila Downs with “Dos Corazones: Día de Muertos” featuring Ballet Folklórico
The Soraya’s Hecho en Las Américas Series returns for its eighth season, premiering on Saturday, October 14 with the incomparable Lila Downs’ Dos Corazones: Día de Muertos.
| Tony Award-Winning Dance Legend Savion Glover Returns to The Soraya with SoUNDz’ SaCRoSaNcT
Savion Glover is in a league of his own. He is part philosopher and part poet. With his new piece, SoUNDz’ SaCRoSaNcT, he might also be considered a memoirist, that is, with a memoir in movement. SoUNDz’ SaCRoSaNcT is not only a psychological portrait of his own life on stage and off but it also pays homage to his friend and mentor Gregory Hines, as well as the other great “hoofers” of the preceding generation.
| GRAHAM100, a Three-Year Celebration of the Martha Graham Centenary Premieres at The Soraya!
The Soraya opens its 2023-24 season with a history- making performance featuring the nation’s oldest dance company. The Martha Graham Dance Company turns 100 and launches its three-year centennial celebration at The Soraya on Saturday, September 30, a celebration that will subsequently travel to theaters around the nation and be celebrated worldwide.
| Tiler Peck Announces Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends Tour A California Homecoming with U.S. debut of new show
After a sold-out world premiere in New York City and a European debut in London, award-winning American ballerina Tiler Peck, will bring her critically acclaimed show, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends, to her home state of California this fall.
| The Philadelphia Orchestra Replaced By Atlanta Symphony Orchestra For Spring 2024 California Tour
Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Philadelphia Orchestra has canceled all scheduled appearances in California in spring 2024. The Philadelphia Orchestra was scheduled to tour with pianist Haochen Zhang under the direction of its principal guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann. Instead, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra—for which Stutzmann serves as music director—has been secured to replace The Philadelphia Orchestra for the tour, with the conductor and soloist to remain unchanged.
| JUST ANNOUNCED— GRAMMY-winning Samara Joy bridges the jazz and gospel gap, bringing multi-generational family act to The Soraya’s Holiday Series
Samara Joy returns to The Soraya for a second time in 2023— this time with her multi-generational musical family fusing her jazz and gospel talents for an allnew soulful holiday concert following her sold-out Soraya debut, shared with big band Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra in The Soraya’s acclaimed Jazz at Naz Festival.
| Opening Night’s Graham100 Begins a Three-Year Celebration of the Martha Graham Legacy
The nation’s oldest dance company turns 100, and The Soraya kicks off its 2023-24 Season with the official launch of a three-year collaborative celebration with Martha Graham Dance Company just weeks after its announcement of world- wide activities.
| The Soraya Celebrates Delirium Musicum’s Warner Classics release of “Seasons,” recorded at The Soraya
In a fitting finale to Étienne Gara’s two-years as The Soraya’s Artist-in-Residence, two back-to-back concerts will serve as the “album release party” for “Seasons.” The Warner Classics release is Gara’s and his innovative musical ensemble Delirium Musicum’s debut album and was recorded at The Soraya.